Storm Scents: It's True, You Can Smell Oncoming Summer Rain. When people say they can smell a storm coming, they're right. Weather patterns produce distinctive odors that sensitive noses sniff out. This year's peculiar weather patternsâsuch as drought in the Midwest and a super derecho of thunderstorms earlier this summerâare no exception.
With 9.7 million new cars and trucks sold in 2013, Germanyâs Volkswagen Group (that includes a host of brands, like Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche in Canada) is well on its way to its goal of surpassing GM and Toyota as the worldâs largest automaker by 2018.
1900 - France: The French car manufacturer De Dion-Bouton was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, manufacturing 400 cars and 3,200 engines that year. In the same year the company opened a factory in America. 1901 - Austria: Johann Puch started to produce car engines, followed by cars in 1904.